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Google's Chrome team has announced that the browser will ship support for the JPEG XL image format, according to a post on the official Chrome developer blog. JPEG XL promises better compression and image quality than existing formats like JPEG and WebP. The announcement is drawing attention among web developers debating browser image format support.
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The camera app maker Halide has published a blog post on memory-safe decoding of WebP images, a format that has been behind serious security vulnerabilities in the past. The discussion, ranked highly on Hacker News, centres on how memory-safe implementations can prevent the buffer overflows and exploits that have plagued popular image libraries.
- 3In-Browser PDF Tools Cut Out the Cloud●Whenever you search for a simple utility like "Merge PDF" or "Convert WebP to PNG", you are usually... # webdev # javasc
A developer has built a PDF merging tool that runs entirely in the browser, with no file uploads to a server. The project takes aim at a familiar frustration: searching for simple utilities like 'Merge PDF' or 'Convert WebP to PNG' usually lands users on ad-cluttered sites that upload documents to remote servers. Client-side processing with JavaScript and open-source code keeps files private on the user's own device, and the approach is drawing attention among privacy-minded developers.
- 4The iPhone trick for capturing full webpage screenshots▼How to screenshot an entire webpage on iPhone (you need this trick)
iPhone users are being reminded of a built-in feature that captures an entire webpage rather than just the visible screen. After taking a screenshot, tapping the thumbnail and selecting the full-page option saves the whole scrollable page as a PDF. Coverage explains the steps and notes many people have owned iPhones for years without discovering it.